Why Can't I Participate in the Chat Today?

[Andre]

Dear Chatters, I did enter the chat today at 5:36 GMT. Unfortunately it's from my working position (I'm on 24/7 shifts) and this computer blocks part of the chat. I can't talk just read.

Sorry

 

[Doc Al]

That kind of stinks. Firewalls!

 

[turbo]

Hack Andre's server! Free the Pooh-bear!

 

[Andre]

Right, unfortunately I don't have administrator privileges. I'm stuck

 

[Math Is Hard]

24/7 shifts? Are you in a sweatshop, Andre?

 

[Kurdt]

I attempted to chat but I had other duties. Sorry to hear you couldn't join in Andre.

 

[Borek]

Chat closed.

 

[turbo]

24/7 shifts? Are you in a sweatshop, Andre?

Some jobs are full-time on-call. Fireman comes to mind. Everybody tries to exercise, eat, rest, etc, but must remain on-site to be available for fast response. Here, only the very largest towns can afford such a department, and the people living at the station (when they are on-duty) are highly-trained professionals who maintain all the equipment, trucks, pumps, hoses, safety gear, etc. The remainder of the force is made of volunteers who respond from their homes and work-places via pager calls.

 

[Andre]

24/7 shifts? Are you in a sweatshop, Andre?

Luckily not, I'm doing something with radars, remember? That is the output of a few dozens of them. And guards duties are full time. Occasionally it's on Sundays.

 

[turbo]

BTW, as the lead operator on a new high-speed paper machine years back, we had 13-man crews and were insufficiently trained to allow people to step up into the next position on the machine, so if my relief failed to show up for any reason, I was in for a 24-hour stint instead of the normal 12. 24 hours with no sleep working with a huge machine that can suck you in at 40 mph and turn you into mush is not a good thing.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I was just kidding.

I figured it was something involving constant vigilance.

 

[G01]

BTW, as the lead operator on a new high-speed paper machine years back, we had 13-man crews and were insufficiently trained to allow people to step up into the next position on the machine, so if my relief failed to show up for any reason, I was in for a 24-hour stint instead of the normal 12. 24 hours with no sleep working with a huge machine that can suck you in at 40 mph and turn you into mush is not a good thing.

I hope your relief was reprimanded severely if he didn't have a really good excuse!

 

[Andre]

I was just kidding.

I knew that. ESOH has been noted before

 

[turbo]

I hope your relief was reprimanded severely if he didn't have a really good excuse!

Valid or not, the person relieving me would always have an excuse. Of course, they could be caught in a similar situation if their next relief didn't come in for work, so they didn't often play games with absenteeism. Our contract stipulated a written warning for an unexplained (or unsubstantiated) absence, suspension off without pay for a second such absence, and termination for a third offense.

 

[Andre]

Unfortunately same problem today. Have to cover for somebody.

 

[Alfi]

ask the company what the down time would be worth.
Like if two people were to be hurt in a car crash.
Would that shut everything down. At what cost?
Less than a few trained people?

 

[Andre]

I'm afraid it's a bit more complicated than that.

 

[cristo]

Sorry to hear that Andre.. hope to see you again in chat sometime soon!

 

[Moonbear]

I've been away from chat too. Last week I was on a plane returning home from HI (they had to drag me on kicking and screaming...I didn't want to go home! ). Today, I'm just too busy with work-related stuff to distract myself with chat (just on PF for a short time as it is, doing "the rounds" and getting my PF "fix" while having a cup of coffee and getting some fresh air with my laptop outside so I don't go entirely beserk, then back inside to get work done again).

I really hope by next week I can get some free time for chat again, but then I have yet another presentation to work on that I planned to start on this week, but got pushed aside for a different one scheduled sooner than expected...

Greg better get all the upgrades done this week while I can't be around much anyway so when I'm able to spend more time here, there aren't any downtimes or glitches to keep me away!

 

[_Mayday_]

[ctrl] [alt] [del] fixes all.

 

[Andre]

Sorry to hear that Andre.. hope to see you again in chat sometime soon!

Should be okay next time Knock on wood, ... no, that's unscientific.

 

[Borek]

Knock on wood, ... no, that's unscientific.

But usually works

 

[Kurdt]

But usually works

Especially if you wish to enter someones dwelling.